Did you know? - WHY ONIONS MAKE US CRY…

WHY ONIONS MAKE US CRY… An onion can bring you to tears before you’ve even finished chopping it. When your knife breaks open the onion’s cells, it sets off a chemical reaction that releases an irritating vapour. The culprit has a tongue-twisting name, syn-propanethial-S-oxide. When it reaches your eyes, they produce tears to flush it away. Those kitchen tears are a reflex, even if you’re in a perfectly good mood.